Two drivers arrested after colliding into PSP agents in bid to avoid Operation Stop
Third driver arrested for âtrying to run over PSP agentsâ In an upsetting weekend for a number of PSP agents, at least three people were arrested for using their cars
PSP police arrest over 300 in first three days of Easter operation
Operation Safe Easter runs until April 21 Portugalâs PSP police force is out in force over Easter, checking on driversâ behaviour particularly: 307 were arrested between last Friday and this
Creeping âage crisisâ within PSP police force
Around a third aged between 50-59, almost half over-40 Age and recruitment appear to be the creeping crises affecting PSP police – the force that works in urban areas. According
Widow of Cape Verdean chef shot dead by police seeks âŹ200,000 compensation
Odair Monizâ PSP âkillerâ has been charged with murder The widow of Odair Moniz, the Cape Verdean chef shot dead by a young police agent in Amadora last October in
Hit-and-run motorcyclist who left child with serious injuries has been âidentifiedâ
19-year-old without licence to âawait trialâ in freedom The motorcyclist who fled the scene after mowing down a nine-year-old boy on Sunday evening in Amadora has been identified. He is
Portuguese IT security expert creates ’emoji’ translator for adults
Impetus was âconversationsâ with parents and Netflix hit âAdolescenceâ Portuguese computer security expert David Sopas has developed a free tool that translates the hidden meanings of “emojis” that young people
PSP alerted to âschool massacreâ in Santo Tirso
Pupil threatens massacre in series of posts over Instagram A 16-year-old pupil of Escola TomĂĄs Pelayo, in Santo Tirso, sparked panic over the weekend after writing over Instagram that he
Three armed men arrested over weekend in PortimĂŁo, OlhĂŁo
One had revolver with rounds of ammo âready to fireâ Algarve police arrested three young men over the weekend, all of them for carrying illegal weapons. The arrests began on
PSP creates first police station focussed on drug crime in Lisbon
Station aims at making fight against drug crime âmore efficient and effectiveâ Portugal’s PSP force has created the first police station in Lisbon specialising in the investigation of crimes related
PSP Carnival Operation resulted in 723 arrestsÂ
Forty-three firearms and 24,100 doses of drugs were seized during the eight-day operation. The Public Security Police (PSP) revealed in a statement that during the eight days of the âCarnival in Safety 2025â